Basic Solutions For Potty Training A Puppy

Bringing a new puppy in your house one of the first things you want to achieve is to house breaking a puppy. Most people wants their to stink like a kennel and constantly cleaning up puppy poop after a puppy gets tiresome and stressful.
Most dog owners know that puppies don’t understand that they have done anything wrong. It is their natural instinct to poop when nature calls. The connection between the brain of a puppy and its the bladder and bowel doesn’t really respond to control until closer to 4 months of age. So puppies have to be taught potty training a puppy.
Remember that young puppies will always have to go potty at these times: immediately upon waking in the morning or waking up from a nap. After playing and about 5 minutes or less after eating. Here is the single most important tip that will make this easier for you:
Schedule feeding times for your puppy. What does this mean? Control when and how much the puppy eats. Simply this: feed your puppy 3 times daily. Carefully measure the amount of food at each feeding. Pick up the food after 10 minutes whether the puppy is done eating or not. What does this accomplish? You can determine the exact amount of food the puppy has eaten, you know when the puppy has eaten, which will help you determine when it’s potty time for your puppy.
Do not punish your puppy for messes. It does absolutely no good to come upon an accident, go get your puppy, rub his nose in it then scold him. Puppies only understand correction or praise within 1.0 to 1.5 seconds of doing the behavior. Rubbing their noise in it is a aggressive move on your part and not the approved procedure how to train your pet.
When you absolutely cannot watch your puppy, confine him to a small gated space in your home or crate him.
What about overnight accidents? A puppy is best kept confined at night until they are grownup enough to hold off the need to potty for several hours at a time. Also, avoid feeding or having your puppy drink lots of water right before bedtime and do not put food or water in their crate with them at night. Take the puppy out immediately before crating them for the night. And remember the rule of thumb: for every month old a puppy is, generally speaking, that’s the number of hours they can hold it. Always get up during the night with your puppy. Yes, it’s inconvenient but it’s your responsibility to train this puppy right.
Again, whatever you do, never resort to physical punishment when your puppy has an accident. Puppies haven’t learned a good potty routine yet and they wouldn’t know why they are being punished. What they will know, is you’re not safe.
These tips will help reduce the number of accidents in your home over a short period of time. The most important thing to remember is to start training your puppy as soon as you bring him home. Behaviors are much easier to change when a puppy is still young.